[bootlin/training-materials updates] master: sysdev/kernel: building: move vmlinux to the bottom of the list (09211230)

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Wed Nov 10 11:09:13 CET 2021


Repository : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials
On branch  : master
Link       : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials/commit/09211230db4873660c68b96e7b464f8b8f377dd5

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commit 09211230db4873660c68b96e7b464f8b8f377dd5
Author: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 10 10:54:44 2021 +0100

    sysdev/kernel: building: move vmlinux to the bottom of the list
    
    This file is rather useless, so don't show it first in the list.
    
    Clément told me that Barebox had support for an ELF loader, meaning that
    this file can be booted. Updated its description accordingly.
    
    Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>


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09211230db4873660c68b96e7b464f8b8f377dd5
 slides/sysdev-kernel-building/sysdev-kernel-building.tex | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slides/sysdev-kernel-building/sysdev-kernel-building.tex b/slides/sysdev-kernel-building/sysdev-kernel-building.tex
index 25a587e1..ea81d67d 100644
--- a/slides/sysdev-kernel-building/sysdev-kernel-building.tex
+++ b/slides/sysdev-kernel-building/sysdev-kernel-building.tex
@@ -392,8 +392,6 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Kernel compilation results}
   \begin{itemize}
-    \item \code{vmlinux}, the raw uncompressed kernel image, in the
-      ELF format, useful for debugging purposes, but cannot be booted
     \item \code{arch/<arch>/boot/*Image}, the final compressed kernel
       image that can be booted
       \begin{itemize}
@@ -406,6 +404,9 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
       files (on some architectures)
     \item All kernel modules, spread over the kernel source tree, as
       \code{.ko} ({\em Kernel Object}) files.
+    \item \code{vmlinux}, a raw uncompressed kernel image in the ELF
+      format, useful for debugging purposes but generally not used for
+      booting purposes
   \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
 




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